Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of France as the highly unpopular labor reform bill has reached the parliament. The bill has been causing protests all across the country, many of them turning violent, with tear gas deployed and dozens arrested.

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered at Le Square des Invalides near the National Assembly in the French capital. “Labor law, no thank you!'” the protesters shouted.

The bill “destroys social rights and corresponds to the dangerous and unproven principle that we need to ease layoffs today so that employment recovers tomorrow,” the head of the Force Ouvriere union, Jean-Claude Mailly, told AP.

Various unions and student groups called for demonstration at the National Assembly on Tuesday as the lawmakers started debating the bill.

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"The time has come to allow parliament to embellish the text. Should we give in to street protests and pull this text? No," Labor Minister Myriam El Khomri, who proposed the bill, told France's Le Parisien newspaper.

According to Khomri’s proposed reform, employers would pay only 10 percent of overtime bonus, instead of the current 25 percent. The bill technically maintains the 35-hour working week but says that in case of “exceptional circumstances,” employees can be asked to work up to 60 hours a week.

The proposed bill sparked huge demonstrations across the country that have been going on since early March. The rallies were partially called by a Facebook community dubbed Nuit Debout (Rise Up At Night). The protests repeatedly turned violent with officers clashing with demonstrators and police firing tear gas at protesters. Almost every rally ended with arrests of the participants.